Second messenger system/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Second messenger system.

Systems in which an intracellular signal is generated in response to an intercellular primary messenger such as a hormone or neurotransmitter.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Second messenger system (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.